toad.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Mastodon server operated by David Troy, a tech pioneer and investigative journalist addressing threats to democracy. Thoughtful participation and discussion welcome.

Administered by:

Server stats:

336
active users

#uscybercom

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Nonilex<p>A spox for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USCyberCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCyberCom</span></a> said she could not confirm Gen Haugh’s removal, &amp; referred questions to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>, which did not respond for comment. A White House spox did not confirm the ouster.</p><p>But a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> official briefed on the matter said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> activist &amp; outside adviser to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, called for Gen Haugh’s removal during her Oval Office meeting on Thurs. Trump ordered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> to fire Gen Haugh, the ofcl said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The head of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a> &amp; US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cyber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyber</span></a> Command was removed from his job on Thurs, acc/to the top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> on the congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> committees.</p><p>Senator Mark Warner of Virginia &amp; Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut condemned the ouster of Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who led both the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spy</span></a> agency &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> command.</p><p>The move caught intelligence officials off guard.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USCyberCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCyberCom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USmilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USmilitary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Head of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> Agency &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cyber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyber</span></a> Command Is Ousted</p><p>No reason was given for the removal of Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, but the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheorist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LauraLoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraLoomer</span></a> had called for his ouster in a meeting with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, an official said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USCyberCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCyberCom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USmilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USmilitary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryPreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryPreparedness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/nsa-cyber-command-chief-fired.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=5EEED3CC-7459-4B93-9861-7531F383E2EB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/nsa-cyber-command-chief-fired.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=5EEED3CC-7459-4B93-9861-7531F383E2EB</span></a></p>
Matthias Schulze<p>Es gab diese Woche ein Hin und Her über die angebliche Einstellung von US-Cyberoperationen gegenüber Russland. Eine kleine Einordnung (allerdings aufgenommen, bevor das Dementi zur Einstellung vom Pentagon kam): <a href="https://percepticon.de/landing-page/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">percepticon.de/landing-page/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cybersicherheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersicherheit</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UScybercom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UScybercom</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pentagon</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Russland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russland</span></a></p>
NiftyLinks<p>Regarding <a href="https://federated.press/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> 's <a href="https://federated.press/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> :</p><p>His agents are securing direct communication and control over the federal bureaucracy by attacking and controlling <a href="https://federated.press/tags/opm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opm</span></a> and <a href="https://federated.press/tags/gsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gsa</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> systems. Thread about that here: <a href="https://federated.press/@NiftyLinks/113927598764386780" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">federated.press/@NiftyLinks/11</span><span class="invisible">3927598764386780</span></a></p><p>Simultaneously, they're attempting to get control of the centralized <a href="https://federated.press/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> and <a href="https://federated.press/tags/monetary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monetary</span></a> payment systems at the department of the <a href="https://federated.press/tags/treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasury</span></a> ?</p><p>Where's <a href="https://federated.press/tags/uscybercom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uscybercom</span></a> and the <a href="https://federated.press/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a>?</p>
rexi<p><a href="https://www.thecipherbrief.com/nsa-director-salt-typhoon-not-the-highest-end-operation-that-weve-seen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecipherbrief.com/nsa-directo</span><span class="invisible">r-salt-typhoon-not-the-highest-end-operation-that-weve-seen</span></a></p><p>General Timothy Haugh, Director of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a> and Commander of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USCYBERCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCYBERCOM</span></a>, said on Thursday that U.S. cyber defenses failed to identify recent Chinese breaches of American telecommunications networks, and were only made aware following an alert from Microsoft. “We did not see activity in U.S. telecommunications networks,”…A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MicrosoftFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftFlare</span></a> ultimately alerted the government to the breach that is now known as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaltTyphoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaltTyphoon</span></a>…”</p>